Musical instruments: Jew's harp

[Daos]

The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism.


Pictures:

http://www.jewsharpguild.org/images/howharp1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Jew%27s_harp.jpg

http://www.szilagyi-jewsharp.com/rococbi2.jpg

http://membres.multimania.fr/manchicourt/Baburen/Baburen_Utrecht_Young_man_playing_Jews_harp_1621.j pg


Videos:

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[Lars]

Yeah, a mouth harp is really a cool instrument, it has an almost hypnotic effect.

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A really good little piece. (I especially like the part after 01:05).